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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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US Must Lift All Sanctions before Iran Returns to Nuclear Deal Commitments: Leader

US Must Lift All Sanctions before Iran Returns to Nuclear Deal Commitments: Leader

Sunday 21 March 2021
Production: Support and the Elimination of Obstacles,” Press TV reported. Reflecting on the current standoff between Iran and the US over the implementation of a nuclear deal clinched by Iran and six world powers, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Leader ...
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Geopolitics, Profit, Poppies: How CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State

Geopolitics, Profit, Poppies: How CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State

Monday 28 June 2021 ،
Drugs and the Press,” alleges — heroin addiction more than doubled in the United States. In order to finance the resistance for a protracted period, the Mujahideen had to come up with a livelihood beyond the weapons that the CIA was providing,” McCoy said, noting that the weapons ...
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Economic Crisis Begins to Bite in Afghanistan Two Months after Taliban Takeover

Economic Crisis Begins to Bite in Afghanistan Two Months after Taliban Takeover

Wednesday 24 November 2021 ،
The Taliban are seeking to persuade the US to unfreeze Afghanistan assets. But Washington responded negatively. Alwaght- Taliban's takeover of Kabul on August 15 not only affected Afghanistan's politics and governance but also went far to influence the already-impoverished country's econ ...
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Taliban Bans Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan

Taliban Bans Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan

Sunday 3 April 2022 ،
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has outlawed on Sunday the cultivation of poppy, in a bid to fulfill the groups promise to ban the narcotic, made after seizing power last year. Afghanistan is estimated to have accounted for 90% of global opium trade in 2021. Taliban leader Mullah Hibatul ...
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Taliban: 7 Months of Rule, 11 Cases of Violations

Taliban: 7 Months of Rule, 11 Cases of Violations

Tuesday 5 April 2022 ،
The group breached its initial promises for social freedoms, introduced draconian laws, and launched massive purge campaigns. Alwaght- Following the developments in Afghanistan last year and the President Ashraf Ghani's fleeing from the country and the fall of the Kabul government and Taliban ta ...
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Huge Afghanistan Food Crisis a Product of Two-decade Western Occupation

Huge Afghanistan Food Crisis a Product of Two-decade Western Occupation

Wednesday 26 October 2022 ،
The West occupied Afghanistan two decades and after leaving it, sanctioned it, causing a grave food crisis. Alwaght- Over a year after the American military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the humanitarian situation in this poor Central Asian country is aggravating. The World Food Program (WFP) in its ...
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Regional Afghanistan Summits at Samarkand Station

Regional Afghanistan Summits at Samarkand Station

Friday 14 April 2023 ،
The neighbors of Afghanistan held another meeting to discuss the country’s challenges and ways to settle them. Alwaght- Nearly Two years after Taliban takeover of power, Afghanistan’s security and political crisis makes a serious challenge to the neighbors. Regional countries, which have so fa ...
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Why Have US-Taliban Doha Talks Run Into a Deadlock?

Why Have US-Taliban Doha Talks Run Into a Deadlock?

Saturday 5 August 2023 ،
The US demands inclusive government and rights respect, but the Taliban prioritizes unfreezing Afghanistan assets. Alwaght- Two years after the US exit from Afghanistan and Taliban takeover of power, the security and economic circumstances have reached catastrophic levels aggravated by fallout of 20 ...
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Regional Contact Group’s Meeting on Afghanistan in Tehran: What’s the Agebda?

Regional Contact Group’s Meeting on Afghanistan in Tehran: What’s the Agebda?

Sunday 9 June 2024 ،
Iran, China, Russia, and Pakistan envoys met in Tehran to highlight the need to continue efforts to help Afghanistan beat its crises. Alwaght- Three years after Taliban's takeover of the power in Afghanistan, the course of developments in this country is far away from people and international co ...
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BRICS’s Jump to De-monopolize International Security Institutions

BRICS’s Jump to De-monopolize International Security Institutions

Monday 16 September 2024 ،
The BRICS bloc works to end the Western monopoly of the global security and economic institutions. Alwaght- As the world experiences new changes and developments, the political and economic groupings across the world take new forms. In recent years, the China and Russia-led BRICS economic bloc has ...

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